Table 2.
Daily Activities, Psychological Behavior and Rehabilitation Training of Children with ASD During the Outbreak (n=406)
| Variables | Means (SD)/N (%) |
|---|---|
| Sleep time per day (hours) | 9.6(1.3) |
| Recent sleep time compared to usual | |
| Increase | 75(18.5) |
| No change | 287(70.7) |
| Decrease | 44(10.8) |
| Changes in sleep quality compared to usual | |
| Better | 48(11.8) |
| Same | 319(78.6) |
| Worse | 39(9.6) |
| Sleep problemsa | |
| None | 202(49.7) |
| 1 | 114(28.1) |
| 2 | 53(13.0) |
| 3 | 31(7.6) |
| >3 | 6(1.6) |
| Daily outdoor activity time (hours) | 1.9(1.3) |
| Outdoor activity time compared to usual | |
| Increase | 62(15.3) |
| No change | 152(37.4) |
| Decrease | 192(47.3) |
| Improvement in ability and behavior (multiple choices) | |
| None | 66(16.3) |
| Gross-motor | 114(28.1) |
| Fine-motor | 96(23.7) |
| Cognitive ability | 185(45.6) |
| Language comprehension | 163(40.2) |
| Language expression | 157(38.7) |
| Social and emotional | 102(25.1) |
| Aggressive behavior | 6(1.5) |
| Self-stimulating behavior | 16(4.0) |
| Eating problems (picky, eating too much or too little) | 51(12.6) |
| Worsened ability (multiple choices) | |
| None | 154(37.9) |
| Gross-motor | 25(6.2) |
| Fine-motor | 25(6.2) |
| Cognitive ability | 41(10.1) |
| Language comprehension | 61(15.0) |
| Language expression | 78(19.2) |
| Social and emotional | 147(36.2) |
| Aggressive behavior | 24(5.9) |
| Self-stimulating behavior | 70(17.2) |
| Eating problems (picky, eating too much or too little) | 52(12.8) |
| Current status of rehabilitation training | |
| No rehabilitation training | 54(13.3) |
| Self-training at home | 82(20.2) |
| Learning rehabilitation course online | 107(26.4) |
| Part-time at hospital or institution | 41(10.1) |
| Go to the hospital or institution as usual | 122(30.0) |
| Online consultation in the training process | |
| At any time | 178(43.8) |
| Sometime | 177(43.6) |
| Never | 51(12.6) |
| Training intensity during the pandemic | |
| Lighter than usual | 247(60.8) |
| The same as usual | 123(30.3) |
| Heavier than usual | 36(8.9) |
Notes: aThis question includes the following nine options: none, difficulty falling asleep, difficulty waking up, waking at night, nightmares, night terrors, sleepwalking, sleep rhythm disturbance, grinding teeth in sleep, and difficulty falling asleep again after waking. Choose one and get one point. A higher score indicates a higher number of sleep problems that the child has.